(90 minutes)
• Tips for using Support Systems and Organizational Systems for integrating into lifestyle.
• Provide options for organization
• Create Folders for each entry (make and take?) as an option
Outcomes:
Explore organizational strategies that honor personal learning styles.
Candidates to leave with a plan for integrating National Board into real life.
Ideas:
Folders
Binders
Spiral Binding
Big Tub o’ junk
Electronic Folder
From box to bin back to box
K-12 Suitcase
1. "Tips for Loading up the Travel Gear"- Show the VIRAL VIDEO Samples of organization systems (to provide some helpful tips and possible comic relief)
In the video, share and show examples of options for organizing the following:
Standards and Portfolio Entries
Student Work Samples
Instructional Materials
Entry 4 Documentation
Sprial Bound Instructions and Standards - Malissa
Workspace- Caution tape, police crime scene
Forms
Managing Personal Commitments
Time Management
Prioritizing Tasks
NEED YOUR HELP HERE! WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS YOU USED OR HAVE EXAMPLES OF THAT WE COULD HAVE ALAINA RECORD OR TAKE PICTURES OF TO INCORPORATE INTO THIS VIDEO?
Kathy has her tub o' junk--que? Not sure what you are referencing other than my desk--which is a tub o'something.
Taryl has a binder with Entry 4 ideas and tips for laying out the whole portfolio with forms and tabs right up front
Taryl can show the folder option (the one that may not be for everyone, but we provide it as one option)
Alaina posted pics of a Maryvale candidate waiting for results and some of her own organization methods (look for the wine and Trader Joe's bag) from when she was in candidacy. 6/6.
The Binder
Exploded Binder
Desk Invasion
Still don't use the bag for anything else - it's my shrine.
Made a different colored folder for each Portfolio Entry and just dumped stuff it in all year.
Kitchen became second office. The wine helped.
Julie used 4 individual 3 pronged paper folders. The prongs held the instruction and information. The pockets held artifacts, disks, etc...everything else was a mess. 2. " National Board Mapping"- This activity will provide an opportunity for candidates to develop a plan, or road map to follow throughout their candidacy year.
What is mapping?- An individualized plan for completing the process
Why map? - A kinetic way of managing the process in a doable timeframe and in a way that honors the process and build resiliency
How do I map? - Develop a plan, and schedule opportunities for completing each component in a way that works for you
Where do I map? - Here, at home, at school, and with colleagues
When should I map? - Begin now, refine during the summer, and monitor your progress throughout the school year.
Who can help me with my map? - Colleagues, friends, family, CSPs, fellow candidates, the Arizona K-12 Center
Step one: Determine the Content of your Map
Create a graphic organizer that will help you address all of the requirements for certification and the timing you see as reasonable for completing them. Brainstorm all the content that needs to be considered and placed into the list of your already existing demands on your time and personal schedules.
Consider the following:
Reading the Standards
Organizing materials
Creating systems for gathering student work samples
Videotaping practice
Analyzing videotape
Preparing the Written Commentary for each of the portfolio entries
This could be useful to guide candidates to think about what to include and sanction time for in their map.
Encourage participants to brainstorm together other content that needs to be considered. This I think will help them to consider the commitment this process will take, as well as set a foundation for them to be realistic about their goals and prioritize NB into their busy schedules.
Step two: Design the Sequence and Structure of your Map
Decide where in the overall time frame these activities need to fit. Consider the following:
Where in your process will you plan to read and study the standards? Remember it should occur more than once.
When will you engage in conversation with others around the process? Both formal and informal opportunities, with multiple groups of people.
Based on what you already know about your teaching content, where will those key lessons fall in your NB timeline, still allowing yourself time to write about it?
When will you loop and incorporate opportunities for revisions and editing, and sharing of your written work with others for feedback?
Who are the people you need to contact or the resources you need to gather to have the information or supplies and equipment you may need to be successful? when will you make these connections?
What strategies will you need to employ in your self-pacing based on what you know about your learning style and study habits?
Step three: Begin to Map
Will need to send an email for candiates to bring some of these!! Bring all your resources together and keep them at hand. These resources will include those documents from the National Board, but also consider the resources that are most relevant to you. These may be, but are not limited to:
NBPTS Portfolio DIrections
Content area standards
Curriculum, state assessments
School calendars
District calendars
PLC agendas
Class information/student rosters
Curriculum Map
Plan book
Textbooks
Small and Large Group Meeting Dates
This is a highly individual process, to decide on the design of your map, consider how you typically approach your school year planning. Is it a cycle or more like an outline? Do you like to view schedules in a list, or more like a grid? Do like to plan in the big picture, or do you prefer to plot out the details? These are the things you should consider before creating your map for your National Board process.
Your map should be based on these individual preferences, however you should consider including the following elements for the map to be most effective:
Time frames
Description of content to be learned
Requirements to be met
Personal goals and deadlines for completion to help you in self-pacing throughout the year
State, district, school, and classroom assessments
Holiday restrictions (or opportunities! :)
Key events, commitments, and life happenings (recognizing there will be some that occur in life that you cannot plan for)
Step four: Share, Modify and Monitor your Map
Get the ball rolling here, but remember as travel plans are often adjusted mid route, your road map to National Board will do the same. Summer is a great time to begin thinking about and planning for the upcoming year. However, when you meet with colleagues during the first weeks of schools, keep your roadmap flexible and pliable to the things that are thrown at you throughout the typical school planning cycle. While you want to remain open to changes, you should also use your map to stay grounded in the priorities of your National Board commitment. Share this map with others in your grade level or department. Share it with your administrator as well. Let others know of your commitment to this process so they can help you stay focused on your goals during your journey towards National Board Certification.
Bring your map to your small group meetings, compare notes on what is working and where you need support. You may find plenty of road stops that you hadn't thought about originally or planned for in your map. Pull up a comfy chair in Starbucks and celebrate your accomplishments as you meet each benchmark along your journey!
Let's Begin! Provide time for candidates to work on organizing or drafting a mapping system that will work for them. We'll have materials such as pencils, paper, index cards, post its, chart paper, folders and supplies to assist them in creating a map. Many will be more comfortable creating the map on the computer or in a current calendar system they already utilize for planning purposes.
Breakout 2: Getting Organized
(90 minutes)• Tips for using Support Systems and Organizational Systems for integrating into lifestyle.
• Provide options for organization
• Create Folders for each entry (make and take?) as an option
Outcomes:
Ideas:
Folders
Binders
Spiral Binding
Big Tub o’ junk
Electronic Folder
From box to bin back to box
K-12 Suitcase
1. "Tips for Loading up the Travel Gear"- Show the VIRAL VIDEO Samples of organization systems (to provide some helpful tips and possible comic relief)
In the video, share and show examples of options for organizing the following:
Standards and Portfolio Entries
Student Work Samples
Instructional Materials
Entry 4 Documentation
Workspace- Caution tape, police crime scene
Forms
Managing Personal Commitments
Time Management
Prioritizing Tasks
NEED YOUR HELP HERE! WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS YOU USED OR HAVE EXAMPLES OF THAT WE COULD HAVE ALAINA RECORD OR TAKE PICTURES OF TO INCORPORATE INTO THIS VIDEO?
Julie used 4 individual 3 pronged paper folders. The prongs held the instruction and information. The pockets held artifacts, disks, etc...everything else was a mess.
2. " National Board Mapping"- This activity will provide an opportunity for candidates to develop a plan, or road map to follow throughout their candidacy year.
What is mapping?- An individualized plan for completing the process
Why map? - A kinetic way of managing the process in a doable timeframe and in a way that honors the process and build resiliency
How do I map? - Develop a plan, and schedule opportunities for completing each component in a way that works for you
Where do I map? - Here, at home, at school, and with colleagues
When should I map? - Begin now, refine during the summer, and monitor your progress throughout the school year.
Who can help me with my map? - Colleagues, friends, family, CSPs, fellow candidates, the Arizona K-12 Center
Step one: Determine the Content of your Map
Create a graphic organizer that will help you address all of the requirements for certification and the timing you see as reasonable for completing them. Brainstorm all the content that needs to be considered and placed into the list of your already existing demands on your time and personal schedules.
Consider the following:
Step two: Design the Sequence and Structure of your Map
Decide where in the overall time frame these activities need to fit. Consider the following:
Step three: Begin to Map
This is a highly individual process, to decide on the design of your map, consider how you typically approach your school year planning. Is it a cycle or more like an outline? Do you like to view schedules in a list, or more like a grid? Do like to plan in the big picture, or do you prefer to plot out the details? These are the things you should consider before creating your map for your National Board process.
Your map should be based on these individual preferences, however you should consider including the following elements for the map to be most effective:
Step four: Share, Modify and Monitor your Map
Get the ball rolling here, but remember as travel plans are often adjusted mid route, your road map to National Board will do the same. Summer is a great time to begin thinking about and planning for the upcoming year. However, when you meet with colleagues during the first weeks of schools, keep your roadmap flexible and pliable to the things that are thrown at you throughout the typical school planning cycle. While you want to remain open to changes, you should also use your map to stay grounded in the priorities of your National Board commitment. Share this map with others in your grade level or department. Share it with your administrator as well. Let others know of your commitment to this process so they can help you stay focused on your goals during your journey towards National Board Certification.
Bring your map to your small group meetings, compare notes on what is working and where you need support. You may find plenty of road stops that you hadn't thought about originally or planned for in your map. Pull up a comfy chair in Starbucks and celebrate your accomplishments as you meet each benchmark along your journey!
Let's Begin! Provide time for candidates to work on organizing or drafting a mapping system that will work for them. We'll have materials such as pencils, paper, index cards, post its, chart paper, folders and supplies to assist them in creating a map. Many will be more comfortable creating the map on the computer or in a current calendar system they already utilize for planning purposes.
This session is all about CHOICE! ;)